> -----Original Message----- > From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On > Behalf Of gparc@xxxxxxx > Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 11:46 AM > To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: 10g InstantClient SQL*Plus problem [used to be: SQL*Plus startup > commands] > > > Thalis, > > For the new Sql*Plus settings see: > http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/B14117_01/server.101/b12170/whatsnew.htm#sthref13 > > Darn! I should have read this till the end of the page, when Niall sent it yesterday. Apologies. > For Ora-012560 : > > Have you follow the directives in the Readme I pointed you before ? > Does the service name in your connect string match the one of the listener ? > Specifically does it contain the domain name ? > > HTH Apologies revisited. I should have read the long installation doc rather than the short one. It was a naming problem (haven't reached that chapter in my readings yet 8-). Now I give on the command line "sqlplus uname/passwd@DB" and works (haven't touched tnsnames.ora). Still I got an error: ORA-12705: invalid or unknown NLS parameter value specified Fixed it by setting env. variable NLS_LANG=American_America.WE8ISO8859P1 Now the sqlplus client is running (at least I authenticate). Thanks all. ______________________________ Thalis Kalfigopoulos IT Department Alumil S.A. Kilkis Industrial Area 61100, Greece E-mail: t.kalfigopoulos@xxxxxxxxxx Tel: +30 23410 79300 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------